Stories by James Tabery

James Tabery is a professor of philosophy at the University of Utah. His work on the ethical, legal and social implications of genomics has been featured in Scientific American, the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, National Geographic and National Public Radio. His most recent book—Tyranny of the Gene: Personalized Medicine and Its Threat to Public Health (Alfred A. Knopf, 2023)—tells the story of genomic medicine’s rapid spread across health care, warning that it risks driving up the costs of medicine and exacerbating unjust health inequities.